Professor Stephen Hallett
B.Sc.(Cape Town), D.Phil.(Oxon.)
Current positions
Professor in Composite Structures
Department of Aerospace Engineering
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Biography
Prof. Hallett is Professor in Composite Structures at the University of Bristol where he is Deputy Director of the Bristol Composites Institute (ACCIS) and Director of the Rolls-Royce supported Composites University Technology Centre (UTC).
Research interests
Prof. Hallett is Deputy Director of the Bristol Composites Institute (ACCIS) and Director of the Rolls-Royce supported Composites University Technology Centre (UTC). His principal research interests are:
- Composite failure mechansims
- Computational models for composites mechanical performance
- 3D Reinforced Composites
- Impact damage and high rate effects
- Fatigue of Composites
- Composites manufacturing process simulation
Positions
University of Bristol positions
Professor in Composite Structures
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
AERO ROLLS-ROYCE UTC 2018
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/08/2016
Composites Manufacturing Platform Grant - Full proposal
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/05/2017 to 30/04/2022
8034 - Virtual un-manufacturing of fibre-steered preforms for complex geometry composites - EPSRC via Notts EP/P006701/1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/04/2019 to 30/09/2019
Predictive modelling of automated fibre placement processes
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Composite materials are being used in the design of mechanical parts of increased complexity. This has put the industry under growing pressure to speed-up the rates and decrease their cost…Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
21/10/2018 to 01/11/2018
Understanding Delamination Suppression at High Deformation Rates in Through-Thickness Reinforced Laminated Composites
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
31/03/2015 to 30/09/2018
Thesis supervisions
Fatigue of composite truss structures
Supervisors
A numerical study of a nacre-inspired ballistic armour system
Supervisors
NDT-based Performance Prediction for Wrinkled Composites under Compressive Load
Supervisors
Experimental and Numerical Characterisation of Fatigue Damage in Z-pinned Composite Structures
Supervisors
Fatigue behaviour of carbon fibre composites subjected to load reversals and variable mode ratios
Supervisors
Effect of high velocity oblique impacts on carbon/epoxy laminates
Supervisors
Structural Design of Variable Stiffness Composites Laminated on Doubly Curved Surfaces
Supervisors
Effect of voids on the interlaminar failure of carbon/epoxy composites
Supervisors
Development and validation of a high-velocity soft-body impact test method for through-thickness reinforced composite structures
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
03/05/2021Effects of Ferromagnetic & Carbon-Fibre Z-Pins on the Magnetic Properties of Composites
Composites Science and Technology
Consolidation-driven wrinkling in carbon/epoxy woven fabric prepregs
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Hypo-viscoelastic modelling of in-plane shear in UD thermoset prepregs
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Modelling delaminations using adaptive cohesive segments with rotations in dynamic explicit analysis
Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Numerical analysis of high velocity, oblique impacts and residual tensile strength of carbon/epoxy laminates
Composite Structures
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